Maintenance Supervisor (LAP)

Ford; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 72,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Paid time off for holidays

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Louisville, KY seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to lead skilled trades and maintenance teams on site, ensuring asset availability and safe operations across manufacturing lines. The role emphasizes a strong safety culture, applying workplace policies, coordinating with the union and management, and driving continuous improvement through measurable metrics, training, and coaching.

You will supervise shift teams, evaluate performance, and mentor staff to support production

Qualifications

• Supervise maintenance staff and coordinate asset management activities.
• Ensure safety culture and implement workplace policies.
• Coordinate with hourly team, union and management teams.
• Evaluate performance and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Create a safety culture and apply and implement workplace policies
• Lead/coached skilled trades/maintenance personnel in asset management
• Leverage machine monitoring tools to reduce interruptions in production flow
• Build strong relationships with hourly team members, union, and management
• Communicate effectively with staff, leaders and partners

Skills

Supervisory leadership

Manufacturing knowledge

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

As part of our Manufacturing team, you'll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we’re known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You’ll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

In this position...

The Maintenance Supervisor position is a supervisory leadership role supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunity for career progression. Maintenance Supervisors are:

• Resilient
• Detail oriented
• Ambitious
• Demonstrate high integrity

What you’ll do...

• Create a safety culture and apply and implement workplace policies
• Lead/ coach skilled trades/maintenance personnel in all aspects of asset management including but not limited to: asset availability (mean time to repair, mean time between failure), cycle time, preventative maintenance, predictive and condition-based monitoring technologies.
• Lead/coach teams in leveraging new and existing machine monitoring tools to identify constraints in the system and systematically reduce and eliminate interruptions in production flow.
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams.
• Communicate effectively with hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers
• Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively
• Evaluate team member performance and encourage continuous improvement

You’ll have...

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ years of supervisory and / or manufacturing experience
• Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends
• Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls
• Mechanical aptitude

Required Behaviors

• Two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers
• Outstanding, interpersonal teambuilding and communication skills
• Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others
• Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset
• Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations

Even better, you may have...

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Safety and quality experience
• Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified
• Knowledge of constraint management principles
• Prior experience managing a unionized workforce

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $72,480-121,440.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480-141,360.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-162,120.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.

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